Bailey Avenue & Van Cortlandt Park South

Bailey Avenue and Van Cortlandt Park South meet at a three-way junction in Kingsbridge Heights-Van Cortlandt Village, Bronx. Between 2021 and 2025, six police-reported crashes were recorded here, against a median of four crashes for a Bronx corner. Van Cortlandt Library, Arline Schwarzman Building is 900 feet away. The nearest subway, 238 St, is about seven minutes on foot, for the 1. Within a five-minute walk are six public places, two of them playgrounds, and two places to eat. A bike lane separated from traffic runs along Bailey Avenue.

Safety record
3 hurt
6 police-reported crashes, 2021–2025
Nearest subway
238 St
0.3 miles · 7 min on foot · 1
Nearest bus stop
50 feet
Bailey Av/Van Cortlandt PK South · Bx10
Within a walk
6 places
2 playgrounds, 1 day care or pre-K site and 3 more kinds, within five minutes

Map

Layers
Bailey Avenue & Van Cortlandt Park South Nearby corners, linked

Getting there

How walks are measured

Subway

The nearest subway station is 238 St, 0.3 miles from this corner, about seven minutes on foot.

  1. 238 St 1
    0.3 miles
    1

Next trains at this station

Van Cortlandt
1 line
  1. 1 …
Manhattan
1 line
  1. 1 …

Also within a walk

  1. Van Cortlandt Park-242 St 1
    0.5 miles
    1

Bus

The nearest bus stop is Bailey Av/Van Cortlandt PK South, 50 feet away, for the Bx10.

  • 6 routes within a ten-minute walk
  1. Bailey Av/Van Cortlandt PK South Bx10
    50 feet
    Bx10

Next buses at this stop

  1. Bx10 …

Live arrivals

Cycling

A bike lane separated from traffic runs on Bailey Avenue.

Nearest bike-share station

  1. Bailey Ave & W 238 St 19 docks in all
    990 feet

By car

The nearest highway entrance is the ramp to the Major Deegan Expressway northbound at Van Cortlandt Avenue West & Major Deegan Expressway, 500 feet by car along the streets.

  1. 5832 Broadway Gas station
    0.4 miles
  2. 189 Van Cortlandt Avenue West Charging for electric cars, one Level 2 charger
    1,200 feet
  3. 3305 Boston Road Fast charging for electric cars
    2.6 miles

Safety record

How crashes are counted

Between 2021 and 2025, police reported six crashes at this corner, more than the median of four crashes for a Bronx corner.

  • 3 people injured
  • 0 people killed
  • 2 of those hurt, on foot
  • 1 of those hurt, on a bike

The most recent crash recorded here was in October 2024.

About this corner

Where facts come from
ZIP code
10463
Community board
Bronx Community Board 8
City Council district
11
Police precinct
50
Neighborhood (City Planning area)
Kingsbridge Heights-Van Cortlandt Village
Elevation
24 feet above sea level

The streets

  • Up to four travel lanes
  • A designated truck route
  • One of the streets is one-way

Homes

About 1,700 homes stand within 820 feet of this corner, most of them in buildings of ten homes or more. The buildings holding them mostly went up between 1930 and 1963.

Since 2014 at least 14 new affordable homes have been completed within 820 feet.

Trees

NYC Parks records 45 trees within 330 feet; the most common is the pin oak.

Parking on the streets meeting here

How signs are read
  • 15 signs on these blocks
  • 6 different rules

The sign wording is DOT's, as recorded between December 2025 and June 2026, and the sign on the street decides.

West side of Bailey Avenue

  • No parking 5 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 1 sign NO STANDING ANYTIME
  • No stopping 1 sign NO STOPPING ANYTIME

South side of Van Cortlandt Park South

  • Bus layover only 1 sign MTA BUS LAYOVER ONLY 6AM-9AM ALL DAYS NO ENGINE IDLING MAX FINE $2000
  • No parking 2 signs NO PARKING THURSDAY 9AM-10:30AM
  • No standing 5 signs NO STANDING ANYTIME

Schools, parks and places within a walk

How places are listed

Six public places are within a five-minute walk.

  • 2 playgrounds
  • 1 day care or pre-K site
  • 1 library
  • 1 park
  • 1 park feature

Schools and child care

  1. Amalgamated Nursery School Preschool, ages 2 to 5 · Pre-K
    1,270 feet

Parks, playgrounds and gardens

  1. Van Cortlandt Park
    230 feet
  2. Bailey Playground
    1,070 feet
  3. Van Cortlandt Stadium in Van Cortlandt Park Park feature
    1,110 feet
Show all 4
  1. Southwest Playground
    1,180 feet

Libraries, museums and history

  1. Van Cortlandt Library, Arline Schwarzman Building Library
    900 feet

Houses of worship

  1. Van Cortlandt Jewish Center House of worship
    1,280 feet

Supermarkets

  1. Food Universe Supermarket
    1,310 feet

Other stores

  1. BJ's Wholesale Club Store
    0.5 miles

Food stores and places to eat

Within a five-minute walk there are two places to eat and two food stores.

Not on record for this corner: a signal or safety change and a designated landmark or historic district within 820 feet.

Nearby corners

The eight nearest of the 13 corners within a three-minute walk:

See every intersection along Bailey Avenue or Van Cortlandt Park South.

Sources: NYC Technology and Innovation, NYPD, MTA, NYC DOT, NYC City Planning, New York City's bike-share system, NYS Environmental Conservation, US Department of Energy, NYC Housing Preservation and Development, NYC Parks, NYC Health, NYS Agriculture and Markets and USDA, retrieved September 18 – October 6, 2026.